Thanks for the quick reply Simon, it's not the news I was hoping for.. but 
explains the sudden change in Rx behavior.

Will this affect other modes of operation (i.e. Tx..?) is it the same amp IC?

What have others done to resolve the problem, is it just the replacement of the 
one IC (I'm ok with SMD soldering) ?

I hate to phrase it this way, but seems like a design flaw.. I understand the 
need for care and attention when using rf test tools, but I guess I expected a 
bit more robustness for the price paid..

Jason

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On Dec 3, 2016, at 6:12 AM, Simon Kennedy 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:


Yep, that's a sure symptom of having blown the RF amp.

I did it when I forgot to turn off the HackRF and transmitted 50W at HF near it.

Simon.

On 3 Dec 2016 09:43, "Jason c." 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hey group, just got my HackRF One today, playing around with it, I'm pretty 
happy!

However,  I'm Having a strange issue with the RX Gain control.  It seems that 
when RX Gain is now set to anything above 0 (such as the expected 14db), the RX 
amp appears to shut off, (signal strength drops!).  I could have sworn earlier 
on today, I was seeing my signal strength increase when switched to 14db....  
anyone else experience this?

I am using the osmocom in GRC to set the gain value.  One other thing to note, 
I was playing around with a 2-way radio near HackRF unit trying to get that to 
receive,  I don't think I would have gotten closer than 3-4 feet.  Could I have 
blown the Rx Amp in any way doing this?  I wouldn't think so.... but could be 
wrong.  It's strange that when I expect the amp to be turning ON, the Gain 
drops....  could this be a bad amp?

JC

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